General Notes: The original of this family is derived from Malahulcius, progeni tor to William the Conqueror, from which Malahulcius descended R oger de Tony. He was uncle to the famous Rollo, Duke of Normandy . Robert and Nigel, younger sons of Roger de Tony, accompanied D uke William to England. Robert, at the time of the general surve y, possessed near 150 lordships, whereof Stafford being his resi dence he thence assumed that surname.

335546464. Roger CORBET,21 son of Hugh CORBEAU and Unknown , was born in 1062 in Pays, DE Caux, Normandy, France and died in 1134 in Caus, Salop, England, at age 72.

General Notes: Roger the second son of Corbet, and elder of the two brothers wh o served under the Norman, William the Conqueror, held twentyfou r manors in Shropshire, and one in Montgomeryshire, from his kin sman, Earl Roger de Montgomery, and was also highly in the confi dence of Robert de Belesme, the third Earl of Shrewsbury. This R oger Corbet, the progenitor of all the Shropshire Corbets and th eir various branches, had three sons, William, Ebraid, and Simon .

Roger married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

i. William CORBET (born in 1089 Caus, Salop, England - died on an unknown date)

General Notes: Randle I, surnamed Micines or Meschines, Viscount Bayeux in Norm andy, and Earl of Cumberland and Lord of Carlisle, obtained th e Earldom of Chester from Henry I, King of England, with all th e patrimony thereof as next heir to that deceased nobleman, Rich ard 2nd, Earl of Chester, his cousin (son of his mother's brothe r Hugh, 1st Earl of Chester), who was drowned crossing the Engli sh Channel and died sine prole. Randle restored to King Henry al l the land which he had by his wife, the widow of Roger de Romar a, for the Earldom of Chester. He married Lucy, Granddaughter o f Algar, Earl of Mercia, and great-granddaughter of Lady Godiv a of Coventry. Lucy had married 1st Ivo, son of Geoffrey, Earl o f Anjou, and brother of Fulk, King of Jerusalem. 2nd, Roger de R omara, by whom she had William, Earl of Lincoln. Thus Randle wa s her 3rd husband. She with her two sons founded the Priory of n uns at Stikeswold in Lincolnshire. They also had a daughter Agne s who married Robert de Grentmaisnil and Adeliza, who married Ri chard de Clare and they were the grandparents of Richard de Clar e, Surety for the Magna Charta, from whom you descend through Ro bert Abell and John Whitney. Randle I died 1128, after he had be en Earl of Chester 8 years. Lucia, his widow, gave 266 or the livery of her father's lands and also 500 marks fine tha t she might not be compelled to marry within 5 years. Her siste r Agatha married Harold, King of England, slain at Hastings 1066 .

General Notes: Gerard de Gournay, Baron of Yarmouth, was a grand Seigncur. He m arried Edith, daughter of William, Earl of Varenne in France, an d 1st Earl of Warren and Surrey, in England, so created by Willi am, the Conqueror, with whom he came to England in 1066. They ha d five children: Hugues III, Gautier, Anseau, Gonnor and Gundred . He went on the First Crusade and died on the way home on the 8 th of May, 1097. Edith, who had accompanied him, was taken bac k to Normandy by Drogon, a Chevallier and friend of Gerard, wh o after married her, and they had a son. Drogon had rich manoir s of his own, but Henry I, of England, under pretense of dange r to Gerard's children, put senechals in all their manoirs, too k their fortresses, and took Gerard's children to himself.

General Notes: Gilbert de Tonebruge and de Clare, inherited all of his father' s lands in England. In rebellion against the King, William Rufus , he fortified and lost his Castle of Tunbridge. He married in 1 113 Adeliza, or Alice, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, in B eauvais.

General Notes: Robert de Bellomont came into England with the Conqueror, and co ntributed mainly to the Norman triumph at Hastings. This Rober t inherited the Earldom of Meullent in Normandy, from his mothe r Adeliza de Waleran. Of his conduct at Hastings it is said: " A certain Norman young soldier, making his first onset in that f ight, did what deserved lasting fame, boldly charging and breaki ng in upon the enemy, with that regiment which he commanded in t he right wing of the army." For these gallant services he obtain ed sixty-four lordships in Warwickshire, and many others in Leic ester, Wilts, Northampton, Gloucester, in all ninety-one. His lo rdship did not, however, arrive at the dignity of the English pe erage before the reign of Henry I, when that monarch created hi m Earl of Leicester.

335546912. Hugh Fitzodard II Lord DUTTON,21 son of Odard Lord Of DUTTON and Alice DUTTON , was born in 1096 in Dutton, Cheshire, England and died in 1140 in Kekwick, Cheshire, England, at age 44.

General Notes: Hugh, son of Hodard, had those lands which he held in capite o r immediately of the Earl of Chester, confirmed to by Randle, 2n d Earl of Chester, about the latter end of the reign of Henr y I (1135).

335546920. Almeric LE DESPENCER,21 son of Thurston LE DESPENCER and Unknown , was born in 1115 in Stanley, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1207, at age 92.

General Notes: Almeric served the office of Sheriff of Rutland in the 34th of H enry II, 1188, and again in 1st of Richard I in 1189. From the l atter monarch, to whom he was also steward, he obtained a confir mation in fee of the lordships of Wurdie and Stanley, in the val e of Gloucester. The former of which King Henry II had given t o Walter, the Usher of his Chamber, son of Thurstan and uncle o f Almaric, for his homage and service reserving a pair of gilt s purs, or twelve pence, to be yearly paid for the same into the e xchequer. In the 6th of King John, 1205, this Almaric paid a fin e of 120 marks and one palfrey to be exempted from attending upo n the king in an expedition then proposed to be made beyond th e seas. He married Amabil, daughter of Walter de Chesnei, by who m he had 2 sons, Thurstan and Almaric, and was succeeded by th e elder.

General Notes: Aylmer (or Andomar) founded the Yorkshire and only surviving bra nch of the family. In 1174, accompanying the expedition agains t William the Lion, Andomar had the good fortune to make the Sco ttish monarch prisoner, by surprise; and conveying the royal cap tive to Henry II. He was deemed one of the most potent feudal lo rds in the time of Henry III. and accompanied Prince Edward to t he Holy Land. Being constantly employed against the Welsh, his l ands at Montalt were wrested from him by David, Prince of Wales , but restored in 1240. He m. Cecilia, second sister and one o f the co-heirs of Hugh de Albini, Earl of Arundel, by whom he ac quired the manor of Castle Rising, in Norfolk, with other extens ive estates. To equip himself for Palestine this great baron con veyed, for a sum of money, a large portion of the woods and reve nues which he possessed at Coventry, in right of Cecilia, his wi fe, to the monks of that place. He died in 1260, and was s. by h is elder son, John the 4th Baron by tenure.

335548580. Odinel De Umfreville Baron Of PRUDHOE,21 son of Robert DE UMFREVILLE and Unknown , was born in 1094 in Forest & Vale, Resedale, Northumberland, England and died in 1162 in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, at age 68.

335548634. Alan De Dunstanville Lord Of BURPHAM,21 son of Alan DE DUNSTANVILLE and Adelina DE INSULA , was born in 1104 in Combe Castle, Wiltshire, England and died in 1156 in Combe Castle, Wiltshire, England, at age 52.

335548960. Patrick DE CARDUCIS21 was born in 1104 and died on an unknown date.

General Notes: Patrick de Carducis or Chaworth, whose ancestors came out of Bri ttaine in France about the latter end of King William the Conque ror's reign. The name was vulgarly called Chaworth, and they wer e natives of Little Brittany. He made a grant of certain mills i n Gloucester to the monks of St. Peter's Abbey. He had Paganus , Robert, who was called a knight in the time of Henry I, Willi' us, and a younger son, Patrick de Carducis or Chaworth.

General Notes: Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Clare, was born before 1105. He wa s created Earl of Hertford about 1136 for his miltary services , and being one of those who lived by the power of his sword, en tered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast terri tories, but was finally slain in a skirmish with a few Welsh nob lemen on April 15, 1136. He married Alice, daughter of Ranulph , Earl of Chester, who died in 1128, and married Lucia, daughte r of Algar, Earl of Mercia, son of Leofric and "Lady Godiva." Hi s lordship died 1139 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Gilber t, 2nd Earl of Hertford, who died in 1151, and having no issue w as succeeded by his brother, Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertfor d.

General Notes: The illegitimate son of King Henry I of England (reigned 1100-35 ), Robert was made Earl of Gloucester in 1122. After the death o f Henry I and usurpation of power by Stephen (December 1135), Gl oucester became the leader of the party loyal to Matilda, his ha lf sister, who had been designated heir to the throne by Henry I . He took Matilda to England in September 1139 and at the head o f her forces won from Stephen most of western England and southe rn Wales. In February 1141 he captured Stephen at Lincoln and im prisoned him in Bristol. Later that year Gloucester was capture d at Winchester, Hampshire, and exchanged for the king. He conti nued to be the mainstay of Matilda's cause until his death. Chro niclers considered Gloucester an able and sagacious leader.

General Notes: Robert de Bellomont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, Lord of Hinchley Bre tenne, Poci and the honour of Grentmaisnil. He was surnamed Blan chmaines, from having such white hands. He married Petronillae , or Parnelle de Grentmaisnil, and had the honour of Hinckley, t he Stewardship of England, as well as the Manor of Ware, in Hert fordshire, in Petronillae's right. This Robert on the monition o f said Petronillae, Countess of Leicester, his wife, and their s ons William, Robert and Roger, and daughter Amicia, confirmed t o the monastery of St. Ebrulf, amongst other things, the donatio ns of Hugh de Grantemenyle, grandfather of the said Petronillae . This Robert de Bellomont, in the 19th of Henry II, 1173, was i n arms against Henry II, when his son Prince Henry was in arms a gainst his father, and being taken prisoner was held in confinem ent for four years, when he obtained his release and was restore d to the King's favour, and had restoration of most of his estat es, and finally of all when they were restored by Richard I, a t whose coronation this Earl carried one of the swords of state . He died at Duras in Greece, on his return from a journey to Je rusalem in 1190, and his Countess survived him. They had three s ons, William, Robert and Roger, who all died sine prole, leavin g their two sisters Amicia and Margaret the co-heirs.

General Notes: De Grentmaisnil, De Beaumont, De Vere, Devereux Sources:Clutterbuck's History and Antiquities of Hertfordshire, England.Charts showing the descent of the owners of the Manor of Ware,from the time of William, the Conqueror, Vol. 3, pp. 287-90.Browning's Col. Dames of Royal Descent, p. 227.David Starr Jordan's "Your Family Tree", p. .....Browning's Magna Charta Barons, p. .....Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerage, p. .....Mellville's Ancestry of John Whitney.National Society Daughters of Barons of Runnemede. Register, pp . 183, 385.

General Notes: Gerald fitzWalter (or Gerald of Windsor), the second son of Walt er fitzOther, was appointed by Henry I to be Constable of Pembro ke Castle and Pres. of Pembroke County. Gerald of Windsor marrie d Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr (Prince of South Wales) . William and Nesta had four children:1. William fitzGerald, whom Giraldus Cambrensis expressly call s "Williamus primaevus". William succeeded to Carew Castle, an d was ancestor of the family of Carew. William, the father of Ra ymond le Gros, died in A.D. 1173.2. Maurice fitzGerald, Lord of Maynooth and Baron of Naas, who d ied in 1176.3. David fitzGerald, Bishop of St. David's in A.D. 1147, who die d in A.D. 1176.4. Angharat (a daughter) who married William de Barri, to whom s he bore Giraldus Cambrensis, the historian, and Philip de Barri , Lord of Manobier.

General Notes: Nesta was firstly mistress to Henry I; secondly she married Step hen, Constable of Cardigan; thirdly she married Gerald of Windso r. Gerald and Nesta had four children:1. William fitzGerald.2. Maurice fitzGerald.3. David fitzGerald.4. Angarat, a daughter.Known as the most beautiful woman in Wales. She had many lovers.In Christmas 1108 Owain ap Cadwgan of Cardigan came to visit Ger ald and Nesta. He so lusted after her that he, that night, attac ked the castle and carriedher off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much tha t the incidentstarted a war.

General Notes: The O'Brien and the MacCarthy families had been warring with eac h other in southwestern Ireland for many years prior to the Norm an invasion of Ireland. Iafracoth or Lafeacott was apparentl y a persuasive woman. When her son-in-law, Maurice fitzGerald, i nvaded Ireland in 1171, he took by conquest part of the MacCarth y territory. Initially at least, Maurice did not seize any O'Bri en territory.Most people named O'Brien are descended from Brian mac Cennéidig h, the Ard-Righ (High King) of Ireland usually known as Brian Bó ru. Since Lafeacott O'Brien was born only about 150 years afte r the army of Brian Bóru defeated the Vikings at Clontarf in A.D . 1014, she was undoubtedly aware of her famous ancestor and car eful about the spelling of her name. In later generations, the f amilies of (O) Byrne, O'Broin, and Bryan sometimes changed the s pelling of their name to O'Brien.

General Notes: Peter was Steward to Gervase Paganell, Baron of Dudley, held o f that nobleman in 12 of Henry II, 1165, no less than nine knigh ts' fees de veteri feoffment. This Peter had a Castle at Berming ham, which stood scarcely a bow-shot from the church to the west ward and by a charter from the crown held a weekly market Thursd ay there. By this charter he had the liberties of Thol, Theam, S ock, Sack and Infangethef to him and his heirs forever. (Footnot e. These liberties were the power of punishing offenders withi n his own bounds; a power of obliging all that live in his juris diction to plead in his courts; a cognizance of all courts; a po wer to punish natives for theft.)

General Notes: Robert FitzRichard, 5th son of Richard FitzGilbert, Earl of Clar e, who was stewart to Henry I, and obtained from that monarch th e barony of Dunmow in Essex, as also the honour of Baynard's Cas tle in the City of London, both of which came into the possessio n of the crown by the forfeiture of William Baynard. This Robert , who died 1134, married 1112 Maud de St. Liz, Lady of Branham , daughter of Simon St. Liz, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and by he r (who died in 1140 and married 2nd Saire de Quincey) had two so ns, Walter, his successor, and Simon, to whom he gave Daventry i n Northamptonshire.

335549248. William DE MOHUN21 was born in 1070 in Normandy, France, died on an unknown date, and was buried on an unknown date in Dunster Castle.

General Notes: Sir William de Mohun was of a very ancient and eminent family i n Normandy, when the Conqueror had announced his intention of vi siting England in arms, was one of the first of those gentry wh o engaged in the expedition, and all of his knights who came ove r with him were persons of distinction, both as to parentage an d military enterprise. After the Battle of Hastings, and for goo d services rendered in that celebrated conflict, he obtained th e Castle Dunster, with 55 manors in the County of Somerset, besi des several other lordships in Wiltshire, Devonshire and Warwick shire.

General Notes: Walter was a person of great valour and piety, who at an advance d age commanded a brave regiment of Flemings and Normans, in th e celebrated conflicts with the Scots at North Allerton in Yorks hire, known in history as the Battle of the Standard, "where" sa ys Dugdale. "by his eloquent speech and prudent conduct, the who le army received such encouragement as that the Scots were utter ly vanquished." He married Maud, daughter of Stephen, Earl of Br ittany and Richmond, who brought him all of Swaledale. They ha d Gilbert, who had two daughters who died sine prole, Robert, an d Geffrey.

General Notes: Baldwin was recognized as Count of Hainault after his mother's r eturn from Rome. He died 1120. Robert le Jeune, Count of Flander s, found when he returned from the Crusade that his father had g iven to Baldwin III the Chateau of Douai with its dependencies . Not daring to retrieve it by force, he proposed to give Baldwi n in marriage to a niece of his wife, and exacted as surety th e possession of the Chateau of Douai. When this niece Adelaide o f Savoy, later Queen of France, was presented to Baldwin he foun d her so ugly that he refused to marry her, and thus forfeited D ouai. He married Yolande, daughter of Gerald, Count of Guelders , and had Baldwin IV, Count of Hainault, Yolande, Gertrude and R ichilda.

General Notes: William I The Conqueror, King of England from 1066 to 1087, wa s a man of remarkable political and military skill and a dominan t force in Western Europe. The Domesday Survey of 1086 was a str iking illustration of his administrative capabilities. William w as the illegitimate son of Robert I of Normandy and Herleve, a T anner's daughter from Falaise, and became Duke of Normandy a s a child in 1035. William the Conqueror died while campaignin g to maintain his hold on Maine and was buried in his own monast ic foundation of Saint-Etienne at Caen. "The Encyclopedia of th e Middle Ages" Norman F. Cantor, General Editor.

335549378. Robert De Beaumont I Earl Of LEICSTER,21 son of Robert DE BEAUMONT and Adeline MEULAN , was born in 1060 in Meulan, Normandy, France and died on 5 Jun 1128, at age 68. (Duplicate. See Below)

335549480. Roger Bigod II Earl Of NORFOLK,21 son of Robert BIGOD and M. SAINT SAVEUR , was born in 1038 in St. Saveur, Seine-Maritime, France and died in 1107 in Egersham, Norfolk, England, at age 69.

General Notes: Roger Bigod or le Bigot, a feudal Baron, the first of this grea t family that settled in England and was, in the Conqueror's tim e, possessed of six lordships in Essex, 117 in Suffold. At the a ccession of King Henry I, being a witness of the King's laws an d stanch in his interests, he obtained gifts of land from the cr own, and was Lord Stewart of the King's household.

335549484. Geoffrey V Plantagenent Count Of ANJOU,21 son of Fulk V Count Of ANJOU and Ermengarde DU MAINE , was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France and died on 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau-Du-Loir, Anjou, France, at age 38. (Duplicate. See Below)

335549485. Adelaide Of ANGERS21 was born in 1112 and died on an unknown date.

General Notes: Roger de Merlay, called Roger the 1st, confirmed to the monks o f St. Cuthbert the tilled and untilled lands of Morwick for th e health and souls of himself, his wife and his heirs, and for h is brother William and all his forefathers. (The seal on this gr ant is illustrated.) In 1164 the sheriff of the county accounte d for him into the exchequer for 75s, 10d. And in the next yea r he himself certified that he held in capite of the King four k nights' fees in Northumberland. In the 16th year of same reign h e accounted for 20 marks, imposed upon him as a fine for his hor ses being taken in the King's forest. In 1172 he paid 4 pounds f or scutage. He died 1188 and was buried near his father in Newmi nster. He married Alice de Stutteville, daughter of Roger de Stu tteville of Burton Agnes, County York, great grandson of Rober t de Stuttevile, who came into England with William the Conquero r. Her son Roger gave to the canons of Brinkburne certain common s of pasture for the good of her soul.

335549514. William De Percy IV Lord Percy VII Baron PERCY,21 son of Henry DE PERCY and Isabel DE BRUS , was born in 1185 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England and died in 1245, at age 60. (Duplicate. See Below)

General Notes: Fulk V, Count of Anjou, was born 1092, and was Count 1109-1142 . He married 1st Ermengarde, daughter of Helias, Count of Maine , and had by her his heir, Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, Helias, wh o became Count of Maine or Mayenne, and two daughters, Sybilla a nd Matilda. He married 2nd Melesenda, daughter of Baldwin II, Ki ng of Jerusalem, and became King of Jerusalem at the death of hi s father-in-law Sept. 4, 1131. Fulk V was son of Bertrada de Mon tford, who eventually deserted her husband and became the mistre ss of Philip I of France. Fulk became Count of Anjou in 1109, an d showed himself a doughty opponent to Henry I, King of England , against whom he continually supported Louis VI of France until , in 1127, Henry I won him over by betrothing his daughter Matil da to Fulk's son Geoffrey Plantagenet. Already in 1120 Fulk V ha d visited the Holy Land and became a close friend of the Templar s. On his return he assigned to the Order of the Templars an ann ual subsidy, while he also maintained two knights in the Holy La nd for a year. In 1128 he was preparing to return to the East wh en he received an embassy from Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, wh o had no male heir to succeed him, offering his daughter Melisin da in marriage, with the right of eventual succession to the kin gdom. Fulk accepted the offer, and in 1129 he came and married M elisinda, receiving the towns of Acre and Tyre as her dower. I n 1131, when Baldwin died, he became King of Jerusalem. His reig n is not marked by any considerable events; the kingdom which ha d reached its zenith under Baldwin II, and did not begin to decl ine till the capture of Edessa in the reign of Baldwin III, wa s quietly prosperous under his rule. In the beginning of his rei gn he had to act as Regent of Antioch, and provide a husband, Ra ymond of Poitou, for the infant heiress Constance, daughter of B ohemund. (Her 2nd husband was Raymond of Chatillion). Twice in F ulk's reign the Eastern Emperor John Comnenus appeared in northe rn Syria, in 1137 and 1142, but his coming did not affect the Ki ng, who was able to decline politely a visit which the Emperor p roposed to make to Jerusalem. In 1143 he died, leaving two son s by Melisande, who both became Kings of Jerusalem, as Baldwin I II and Almaric I. Fulk had continued the tradition of good state smanship and sound churchmanship which Melisande's father and gr andfather, Baldwin I and II had begun. His son by his first wif e succeeded him as Count of Anjou.

General Notes: Meredith, or Meredyad, ap Bleddyn. In 1109 Bleddyn began the ere ction of the Castle of Powis, which is about a mile from Welshpo ol, Wales. The principality of Powis comprised about one-third o f Wales in 1069 when Bleddyn ap Cynwyn became its ruler. Meredit h adopted the "black lion of Powys" argent a lion rampant sabl e in substitution for his father's arms: or a lion rampant gules . He married 1st Efa, daughter of Blettrus ap Ednowain Bendew, m arried 2nd Hunnydd, whose son was King Griffith ap Meredith.

ii. Robert DE ARCHES (born in 1122 Wransby, Lincolnshire, England - died on an unknown date)

335549744. Hugh VIII Sire DE LUSIGNAN,21 son of Hugh VII DE LUSIGNAN and SARASSINE , was born in 1115 in Lusignan, Vienne, France and died on 11 Apr 1169 in Lusignan, Vienne, France, at age 54. (Duplicate. See Below)

335549745. Bourgogne De Rancon Countess FONTENAY,21 daughter of Geoffrey DE RANCON and Unknown , was born in 1124 in Fontenaylecomte, Vendee, France and died on an unknown date. (Duplicate. See Below)

General Notes: Alan Fitz Flaad, who was sometimes called Fitz Harold, because h is grandmother was widow of Harold. He is first mentioned as a w itness at the Court of Henry I at Windsor September 3, 1101. Abo ut 1109 Alan Fitz Flaad gave the Manor of Eaton to Norwich Prior y. He married Adeliza, daughter of Warine, Sheriff of Shropshire , and had in her right the Barony of Warine. Her mother was Amer ia, daughter of Roger Montgomery. Alan obtained by gift the Cast le of Oswaldestre, with the territory adjoining, which had belon ged to Meredith, Prince of Powis ap Bleddyn, King of Powis. Comm ander in the First Crusade. "The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland " by HRH Prince Michael of Albany.

335550040. William D'aubigny III Earl Of ARUNDEL,21 son of William D'aubigny Lord Of BUCKINGHAM and Maud LE BIGOD , was born in 1110 in Arundel, Sussex, England, died on 12 Oct 1176 in Waverley, Surrey, England, at age 66, and was buried on an unknown date in Abbey, Waverley, Surrey, England.

General Notes: Earl of Sussex, Earl of Lincoln. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIp1, p.515

335550232. Henry De Beaumont I Earl Of WARWICK,21 son of Robert DE BEAUMONT and Adeline MEULAN , was born in 1065 in Meulan, Normandy, France, died on 20 Jun 1119, at age 54, and was buried on an unknown date in Preaux Abbey In Normandy.

General Notes: Henry was the first who bore the title of Earl of Warwick, to wh ich he was created by William I, but when this eminent person ob tained the earldom is not exactly ascertained. Sir Wm. Dugdale p resumes the period to have been toward the close of the Conquero r's reign, "for then saith he, King William, having begirt Warwi ck with a mighty ditch, for the precinct of its walls, and erect ed the gates at his own charge, did promote this Henry to the ea rldom and annexed thereto the royalty of the borough, which at t hat time belonged to the crown." Dugdale makes him die 23 of Hen ry I, 1123. He was buried in Preaux Abbey in Normandy. (This lin e ended 26 of Henry III, 1242.) Although Henry was made Earl o f Warwick by the first Norman sovereign, he was not invested wit h all the lands attached thereto until the ensuing reign, when o n the accession of William Rufus he received the inheritance o f the Saxon Earl of Warwick, Turchitel, who at the time of the c onquest had the reputation of Earl and gained the favor of the C onqueror by espousing his cause and was rewarded by being allowe d to retain Warwick. From this time the Earls of Warwick used th e "bear and ragged staff," the device of Turchil's family, deriv ed from the chivalrous Guy, Earl of Warwick, famed for his marve lous feats related in the Saxon Chronicles, and has continued a s the badge of the Earls of Warwick. The name of this Henry, Ear l of Warwick, appears as a witness to the charter of King Henr y I, whereby that Prince confirmed the laws of Edward the Confes sor and granted many other immunities to the clergy and laity. H e was memorable for his donations for pious foundations as wel l for his military record. He died in 1123. He married Margaret , sister of Rotrode, Earl of Perch, and daughter of Geoffrey, Co unt of Moreton. They had two daughters, names unknown. and fiv e sons: Roger, Henry, Geoffrey, Rotrode and Robert.

General Notes: William was Lord of Harcourt, Carleville and Beaufldel in France , and lord of the manor of Stanton-under-Bardon, in Leicestershi re, England. He had issue Robert, Seignor and Baron Harcourt, Iv o, the 2nd son, Simon and Beatrix, who married Robert de Bassett .

335550274. Robert De Beaumont I Earl Of LEICSTER,21 son of Robert DE BEAUMONT and Adeline MEULAN , was born in 1060 in Meulan, Normandy, France and died on 5 Jun 1128, at age 68. (Duplicate. See Below)

335550280. Gilbert DE LACY,21 son of Hugh DE TALBOT and Emma DE LACY , was born in 1090 in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England and died in 1165, at age 75.

General Notes: This feudal lord, in the conflict between Stephen of Blois and t he Empress Maud, over the successor of Henry I, espoused the cau se of the latter. He eventually became a Knight Templar, and wa s succeeded by his son, Hugh.

General Notes: Humphrey was Steward and Sewer to King Henry I. This feudal lor d married Margery, daughter of Milo de Gloucester, Earl of Heref ord, Lord High Constable of England, last Lord Hereford of tha t family. She was co-heir with her sister Mabel. At the instigat ion of which Milo he espoused the cause of the Empress Maud an d her son, afterwards Henry II, against the King Stephen, and s o faithfully maintained his allegiance that the Empress, by he r especial charter, granted him the office of steward and sewer , both in Normandy and England. In the 20th of Henry II this Hum phrey accompanied Richard de Lacy, Justice of England, into Scot land with a powerful army to waste that country, and was one o f the witnesses to the accord made by William, King of Scots, an d King Henry as to the subjection of that kingdom to the crown o f England.

335550386. Gilbert BASSET,21 son of Ralph BASSET and Agatha DE BRUCE , was born in 1090 in Headington, Oxfordshire, England and died in 1166 in Wellingford, Oxford, England, at age 76. (Duplicate. See Below)

General Notes: Guy died during the lifetime of his father. He undertook a crusa de with Louis the Young to the Holy Land, but on the way there h e died at Ephesus in 1147. He was illustrious for his valor, exp erience and other virtues. By his wife, Ida de Saint Pol, who wa s living in 1180, he had John, Guy and Agnes.

General Notes: Canonised 1250 and her feast day is 16th November. In 1057 she a rrived at theEnglish court of Edward the Confessor. Ten years later she was i n exile afterWilliam defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. She fled to S cotland whereshe was married against her wishes to King Malcolm to whom she b ore six sons and two daughters. Her unlearned and boorish husban d grew daily more graceful and Christian under the queen's grace ful influence. Her remains were removed to Escorial Spain and he r head Douai, France.Ancestors of Margaret from "The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland " by HRH Michael of Albany.

General Notes: William de Warren married Gundred, 4th daughter of William, th e Conqueror, and his wife Matilda of Flanders. (It has been sai d that Gundred was not the daughter of William, the Conqueror, b ut that she was the daughter of Matilda of Flanders by, perhaps , a previous marriage. The Invincible Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, p . 26, says that the inseription on Gundred's tombstone describe s her as wife of William de Warren and daughter of Wm., the Conq ueror. Also in Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerage, pp. 154, 56 8 and 588, she is called daughter by Wm., the Conqueror, in a ch arter signed by Wm., William de Warren and Henry I, son of Willi am, the Conqueror. Thus proving this much discussed question. E . E. W.) For the important part that William de Warren took in t he Conquest of England he received 300 lordships in the countie s of Salop, Essex, Suffolk, Oxford, Hants, Cambridge, Bucks, Nor folk, Lincoln and York.

Ancestry shown differs from that shown by Cokayne in "The Comple te Peerage",and follows "Aspects of Robert of Torigny's genealogies revisted "; "NottinghamMedieval Studies,xxxvii,1993,pp.21-27; as cited by A.B.Wilson an d S.Baldwin<abwilson@uclink2.berkeley.edu>. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI, p.493-495.

General Notes: Hugh was one of the illustrious seven leaders of the first crusa de. He was Duke of France and Burgundy, Marquise of Orleans, Cou nt of Valois and Vermandois.Sources: Browning's Colonial Dames of Royal Descent, pp. 28, 277 -8.Families Descended from All Royal Families, by Elizabeth LeachRexford, pp. 154-7.Americans of Royal Descent--Browning, pp. 28-9.Magna Charta, by John S. Wurts. Part 3, pp. 566-572. Parts 1 an d 2,pp. 213-219--English Kings Edwards I, II, III.Lines of Mellcene Thurman Smith. genealogylibrary.com

General Notes: William founded the priory of Stratford Langthorne, County Esse x with the consent of Margaret, his wife, daughter of Richard Fi tzGilbert De Clare. This priory was within his lordship of Ham , in Essex.

General Notes: His name was changed to de Montbray by royal command, presumabl y that of Henry I. He acquired from his father vast areas of lan d, the Montbray estates in Normandy plus others in the English m idlands and Yorkshire. In the centre was Axholme in Lincolnshire , ultimately the base of Mowbray power. Roger's own life was o n his Yorkshire lands at Thirsk castle in the area still known a s the Vale of Mowbray. Under the guidance of his mother he becam e a generous benefactor to the church. In 1146 he was in Normand y defending his title to the castle of Bayeaux. Induced to joi n King Louis VII of France to the Holy Land. His services to th e crusading movement were valued by the Knights Hospitallers s o highly that later, in 1335, they proclaimed the Mowbrays shoul d be treated 'beyond the seas' as those to whom they were most o bliged, discounting the king himself.In 1186 Roger crusaded for a second and final time. When the ext ension of the truce between Saladin and Guy de Lusignan allowe d the crusaders to return home, Roger and Hugh de Beauchamp chos e to remain in Jerusalem 'in the services of God'. In Saladin' s great victory on 6 July 1187 he was taken prisoner with King G uy, was redeemed in the following year by the Knights Templar, b ut did not long survive his liberation. Tradition has it that h e was buried at Tyre, an old warrior of nearly seventy years. Bu rke's states he was buried at Sures, with 'some authorities sa y he reurned to England and after living fifteen years longer, w as buried in the abbey of Byland.Source: David Mowbray http://www.mowfam.freeserve.co.uk/index.ht m

diana@trenchar.demon.co.uk (Diana Trenchard) posted to GEN-MEDIEVAL-L-request@rootsweb.com on 6 Mar 1998Subject: Re: Only ONE Ida left as mother of William Longespee? (in Part):....."She [Ela] had founded Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, in 1232, became a nunthere in 1238 (taking her vows on Christmas Day). Two years later shebecame its Abbess, living there for the next twenty years until her deathin 1261. This caused big problems for her inheritance. For while shewas still alive she remained Countess even though living in the Abbey,and the King would not permit her son to become Earl. Her son is said tohave gone to Rome in1247 to petition the Pope to gain the title, withoutsuccess. The same applied to her grandson, and it was only after Ela'sdeath that the titles came to her great-granddaughter Margaret, alreadymarried for four years to Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln."

General Notes: Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (83:26), he was GEOFFREY's illigitimate son. The identity of his mother is not known. (83:26 & 27) identifies himand ISABEL DE WARENNE as parents of WILLIAM. (123:26 & 27) identifieshim and ISABEL DE WARENNE as parents of MAUD.

Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (EU, p.159) also confirms him and ISABEL as MAUD's parents.

Several sources identity the wife of ROGER BIGOD, EARL OF NORFOLK (RIN 1960) as Isabel de Warenne, dau. of Hamelin and ISABEL DE WARENNE.Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" In the article for ROGER BIGOD, Earl ofNorfolk, on p. 589, has the statement, "He m. IDA [RIN 1968], whoseparentage is not known." Cokayne does not even venture a guess ormention any possible identities for IDA's parents. Cockayne is, by far,the more reliable source.

General Notes: Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (83:26), he was GEOFFREY's illigitimate son. The identity of his mother is not known. (83:26 & 27) identifies himand ISABEL DE WARENNE as parents of WILLIAM. (123:26 & 27) identifieshim and ISABEL DE WARENNE as parents of MAUD.

Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (EU, p.159) also confirms him and ISABEL as MAUD's parents.

Several sources identity the wife of ROGER BIGOD, EARL OF NORFOLK (RIN 1960) as Isabel de Warenne, dau. of Hamelin and ISABEL DE WARENNE.Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" In the article for ROGER BIGOD, Earl ofNorfolk, on p. 589, has the statement, "He m. IDA [RIN 1968], whoseparentage is not known." Cokayne does not even venture a guess ormention any possible identities for IDA's parents. Cockayne is, by far,the more reliable source.

360712042. Alfonso VIII King Of Castile, son of Unknown and Unknown , was born on 11 Nov 1155 in Soria and died on 6 Aug 1214 near Avevalo, at age 58.

General Notes: Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (110:27), (113:27).

Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (83:27) says he was called "the Noble" and was King of Castile 1148/1214, Toledo, & Extramadura; the victor oflos Navas de Toleso, which forever tipped the Iberian scales in favor ofthe Christians.